Satu Heart San Fran

Golden Gate Bridge



Castro - A bit gayer district



Ok, now I've found my love in US - Lively, lovely, colorful, sunny, pretty and warm San Fran!!

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Vegas baby!!

Shalalaa. Let's got to VEGAS!!







Luxor - my home in Vegas!!



Cathouse and some cats in da house..





Two more nights to go my love LV,

Sutusatu

First touch of LA

First I had the last supper with my loooovely friends, those poor little shrimps.. ;)



Then started the looong loooooooong trip, flights Helsinki-Heathrow-LAX, and finally the first stop - springly LA!



The real first touch of LA - traffic. AND some serious jet lag and sleep.



Today we're heading to the next stop - VEGAS BABY!!

Absurd

Time flies. Felt so absurd to finally leave for that waited world around trip. Boarding time in a second.

But first, one memory from my last week, trip to Bremen - preparing pizza à la Napoletano.



Stay tuned, I'll update my adventures around the world. Ciaoooooo!

Letting go

'You're living hectic. Work, studies, parties, trips around, moving home and some work more. Suddenly you realize you've time. It's the time you've been waiting for, time to start making those dreams that you made somewhere in the middle of all that work and stress come true.'

All done now. Finally I've time and then I have my dreams. Where should I start? How do I keep the things that I love in my life? What do I do with all this time I have? There are so many good things in my past life, memories that make me smile. Why did I ever want to leave that life behind? I know I need changes in my life, but how do I know if a particular change is good or not?

Letting go the past and all the comfort you used to have is the biggest part of moving on. Being afraid of the future may make you stick to the old good habits and hoods. You need bravery, support and a little craziness to jump, to start living the life so many people only dream of.

I always had to leave far to see close. This time I flew to Germany to realize how lost I am. A good friend suggested reading, gives a new point of view for any situation. I agree. I add to this recipe music, dance, talking and some time just to be. This is my plan to let it all go.

Finally!

It's less than two weeks, and it's time for this girl to finally leave:

25.1.2011 ...

Los Angeles - Las Vegas - San Francisco
Auckland
Sydney - Melbourne
Abu Dhabi
London - Bremen - Rest of Europe

Believe in your dreams and they'll meet you one day!

J'adore Paris

I love many things in Paris..


Lovely boutiques


Amis


Cafés avec petit déjeuner


Unique ideas - Sweat Shop Paris


Most of all, I love my love.

Sweet 16

Ye, that was me last time I was in Paris - just a teenager, very very sweet 16-year-old girl. It was a school trip, with my best friends though. We all lived in families, a little bit outside of Paris, near Versailles.

First time I visited Paris was at the age of 14, same kind of school trip. I also stayed in one family, in Gournay sur le Marne, other side of Paris. Tonight I'll meet that family again, I'm staying at Florence's house for first two nights. I have definitely changed since those years! As I suppose they've too.. I know what kind of house to expect, but the rest - I have absolutely no idea! Wiser tomorrow. And wiser than 7 years ago.

Changes

Changes freshen the air. New things bring excitement in life. If you're bored or tired with your everyday life, change something! You don't always have to move to India and stop keeping contact with anything that might remind of the past life. Small changes make this world so much prettier.

I changed the style in my room few days ago, which I also talked openly about in the local radio show - it's so therapeutic I must say. I burn different kinds of candles and listen some new artists. I travel in my home country to a city I never tend to visit.. leaving today to Kuopio for this coming weekend. I might also take a random book from the library, and go deep down into a complitely another world.

These little things lighten my day and week. Soon I'll realise it's Christmas time and all those small things are lightened by everyone else. In the middle of chaos you just need to lay down for a second and enjoy. That way everything seems brighter than the darkness outside.

Changes brighten and lighten - enjoy the darkness of autumn days and nights!

Flying again..

How fast time flies?! Don't know. But I know this: I will fly to Italy on Thursday! It was about to be months still before the departure, now it's only days. What happened?! Plan for the trip? Hm, I'll fly first to Rome to meet old as well as new friends, then we'll see where I end up..?




Back here in Finland we'll organize a special theme week then (5.-10.7), ITALIA MEETS LUTAKKO. I'm going to pick all the treasures from secondhand stores around southern Italy to bring them to our store here in Jyväskylä. All the pieces are then in sale. On Friday 9.7, there'll be also a nightparty on the terrace, and eg. fashion shows.

Stay tuned summer folks,

S

Booked flights.. again!

Well, nobody's gonna get surprised.. arrivo ancora in Italia!

I just booked flights to Rome, like never been there before.. Hah! I made a plan to meet my lovely friends there for a long time and then continue to travel around the southern parts of this summer country. At least Napoli, Amalfi and Sicily.. pretty coast waiting for me!

Ci vediamo presto!

Christmas - travelling or not?

Christmas is full of questions? What to buy for everyone? Where are we staying the holidays; strictly home, at Grandma's or abroad? What am I expecting; too much? A perfect holiday that is never going to happen?

All this has always been my problem. Since I was a little girl I wanted perfection out of everything, especially holidays like Christmas. When I got older, I also got disapponted more every year. Two days ago I had a great chat with one of my dearest persons. He made me understand that it's not about THE perfect C. It's about OUR perfect holiday, which might be best if we just sat down on a sofa and watched a movie. Because even that never happens.

Why do we always keep thinking tv-shows, movie stars and their life and comparing all that to ours? The fact that we might not ever have the same, doesn't mean we couldn't be happier with the things that we do have. Why to travel physically or in our minds to somewhere we don't belong? This year I'm concentrating this time, this place and this family - the only one I have and the loveliest in the world I know.

Me helping the Santa, giving the present to my bro,
Dad and my very-much-look-a-like-me sista
- at Grandma's.

People, keep this in mind: Don't you ever travel too far, it's only fear.

Christmas mood,

S

Tere tere Tallinn!

Tere tere! Pictures definitely tell more than words..

Voyage with godmother, check.

Boat party with sailors, check.

Beautiful Christmas time in Tallinn, check.

Ja eesti keel, check.

Jeg liker Oslo

I left for Oslo for the rest of the week of my autumn break. Have to say, the first moment I stepped out of the train I fell in love for the city! The station area reminds me of glass-house-Dubai but the centrum's more older Scandinavian style, flavour from Stockholm. Only cleaner.

A norvegian in my mind is rich, tall, good-looking and stylish, and in Oslo that's a fact. I stayed with a friend in Nydalen (NewDalen), pretty close to the centrum. She as well as all my other friends there too were at school or work during the day, so I had plenty of time to sleep late and tour around the city. Here's one funny place I found near the harbor: STETSONHATS-store. Old joke. More about Stetsonman in Finnish: http://nakeeketkaparjaa.blogspot.com/


After every sunny day it was time to see the night life. We had a movie night with Iuliia in the house, little chilly for a change. I also went to see Kampen Pub, just because my friend Patrick's the bartender. His specialty 'Patrick's Blu' is one of my top cocktails ever. Tack! Can it be any better evening; good music, delicious drinks, gorgeous bartender, some new friends and you realize that you have come home a bit earlier than those late nights..?

patrick preparing the legendary blu cocktail

my new friend kristoffer

Relaxing, shopping, having fun, meeting old friends, meeting new friends. Sunny and surrounded by beautiful people. What a lovely holiday!

Touring Norden

Hej hej!

Holidaytime, and once again I'm going around nordic countries. Yesterday evening I flew from Tampere to Stockholm and took straight a train to Örebro. I arrived here last night and stayed at Daniel's place. We got to know each other in emax Nordic, that I've written before about. Wow, they do have a nice apartment, just bought a new one! Luv.

This morning we woke a bit later and came straight to STARTcentrum which is the organizer of emax-events. Seriously have to say that I feel very home here. The atmosphere is almost the same here than back home in Team Academy, only thing that is different that everyone speaks Swedish and I don't get all the inside jokes. And can't make those by myself. Bla.

We got take away lunch from this one pretty thai place, gosh it was good!! Now, I'll continue my different kinda office day, talk to people and maybe go to do some more shopping (already bought a new winter jacket)..

Luv,

S

Arrivederci Italia.. for now.

I can't believe that Italy-time's over! Here are some memories from THE last week, on pictures...

Miss you all soooo much! Have a great year, and see you as soon as possible!

<3

S